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1. JodoMissionofHawaii
Bulletin-MAY2016
(#1234-0516)
JodoMissionofHawaii
1429MakikiSt.
HonoluluHI96814
AddressServiceRequested
Volunteer Office Worker Needed
We are in need of a volunteer office worker from June 1, 2016 to
July 8, 2016 from 9 am to 2 pm on either Wednesdays or Fridays. Duties
include: answering the telephone, receiving reservations for memorial services,
taking messages, collecting payments, answering the Nokotsudo or Columbarium
buzzer to let someone in to visit the Nokotsudo. It is quite interesting. You get to
meet all kinds of people and at the same time, you will learn a lot about Jodo Mis-
sion and Jodo Shu.
In preparation for the O-Bon season, the O-Tobas need to be written
and the minister needs to concentrate on the
O-Toba he is working on so having someone
answer the telephone while the minister is
writing an O-Toba or doing a memorial ser-
vice or getting ready for a funeral would be greatly appre-
ciated. If you are interested, please contact
Rev. Narashiba at 949-3995.
One interesting thing that recently happened is the
donation of the Sakura illuminated tree by the Illuminage
Group. Please come to the temple and see this beautiful-
Sakura tree!
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HBC Buddha Day Service
Hawaii Buddhist Council (HBC) held its Buddha Day
Service or Hanamatsuri Service on Sunday, April 10, 2016.
The service was very unusual beginning with gagaku music,
a type of Japanese classical music that is usually performed
at the Imperial Court in Kyoto for several centuries. At the
HBC Buddha Day service,
the Hawaii Gagaku Soci-
ety provided the gagaku music with entrance of all the
Bishops and recession of all the Bishops and ministers.
The Honpa Hongwanji Choir provided the choir
music
The guest speaker was Chizuko Endo, a multi-talented artist and
avid promoter and supporter of Japanese culture through her multiple
activities in art and taiko drumming. She spoke about the history of
taiko and also about gagaku music. She wrote a beautiful musical piece
as a tribute to the Ehime Maru victims, which she played at the end of
her talk (but it did not include taiko drumming).
Representing Jodo Mission
of Hawaii in the Sunday School
entertainment were: A’Marie and
Strider Parasso singing two
songs and Sophie Narashiba play-
ing the koto.
Other Sunday School students
from other temples performed a
short story and another had group singing.
What a wonderful day of Japanese culture!
Yoko Yamamura, an exchange student from Kyoto University, was our .guest speaker on
April 17, 2016. She explained when she first arrived in Hawaii in August 2015 she attended
Jodo Mission’s Bon Dance, which reminded her of her Japanese background when she was
younger and attended bon dance in Japan. She is studying Cultural Anthropology and is very
excited about learning by talking to people, including other students, friends she has made,
temple members, etc. She has conducted numerous interviews for her research and thanks
everyone for making her feel welcome. She thinks differently of Japan now because she sees
how the Japanese values have been brought to Hawaii by earlier people from Japan.
She also sees the value of the Hawaiian people trying to claim their culture and heritage.
Her research is not complete so she will be doing more interviews. [At time of this printing, we
do not have a photo of Yoko but hope to before she leaves for Japan on May 16.]
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Honouliuli Internment Camp
On January 17, 2016 our guest speakers were Betsy Young and Les Goto, volun-
teers at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, who came to speak about the
Honouliuli Internment Camp.
As we learned, many who were interned never told their stories, never let their
children know what happened and their friends only visited them in the night hours. So
many of our ministers who were in Hawaii at the various Buddhist temples, including
Jodo Shu, were immediately interned at Honouliuli after the
Pearl Harbor attack. They were then transferred to internment
camps in the U.S. mainland. Many were Japanese Americans
who were born in the United States and educated in Japan and
were interned because they were Japanese.
Les Goto is our contact and he and
possibly Betsy Young will again come to
speak to us on Sunday, May 29, 2016 on
this subject. They will show a half hour film and may bring
DVDs if anyone wants to purchase to see at your leisure.
If you missed the last presentation or if you want to learn
more, please attend Sunday, May 29, 2016
Our Master Honen
Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 10 am
If you missed the showing of the English version of
the animated depiction of the life and teaching of Jodo
Shu founder, Honen Shonin on Kiku-TV on March 12,
2016, it will be shown after our 10 a.m. Sunday service on
May 15, 2016. Please join us.
This movie is part of Jodo Shu’s observance of the 120th
Anniversary of the arrival of Jodo Shu’s pioneer ministers—
Rev. Taijo Matsuo and Rev. Gakuo Okabe (in 1894).
Stories of Jodo Mission of Hawaii—Are you part of the many
families with ties to Jodo Mission of Hawaii. Do you have
stories you want to share. Many of the generations previously
have not talked about what it was like but if your parents, grand-
parents told you some stories, we would like to hear them.
Please send your stories to Jodo Mission of Hawaii. Thank you.
4. 1. When Someone Passed Away
Death
↓
Medical examination
↓
Call for a minister
↓
Makuragyo (Bedside service)
↓
Call for a mortuary
↓
Body pick-up
↓
Meeting with the funeral director at the
mortuary
↓
Viewing service
↓
Cremation
↓
FUNERAL with the first 7th
day service
↓
49th day service
Burial service
↓
Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service
↓
1 year memorial service
2. When Someone Is Very Close To Death
Call for a minister
↓
Rinju Gyogi (Last rites)
↓
Death
↓
Medical examination
↓
Call for a mortuary
↓
Body pick-up
↓
Meeting with the funeral director at the
mortuary
↓
Viewing service
↓
Cremation
↓
FUNERAL with the first 7th
day service
↓
49th day service
Burial service
↓
Hatsubon (1st O-Bon) service↓
↓
1 year memorial service
VISION FOR THE FUTURE (5)
By Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Japanese Buddhism in Hawaii has a very unique cultural background.
In Japan, Buddhist customs differ from village to village, town to town,
prefecture to prefecture. This is because Buddhism has been localized to fit
to the custom in each area. Since Japanese immigrants came to Hawaii from the various
regions of Japan, ceremonial customs are different according to the area where the
family came from. However, as time passes, those customs are becoming unclear and
more confusing for the younger generations. Because of this confusion, younger genera-
tions seem to be going away from Buddhism by saying that Buddhism is hard to under-
stand. Therefore, in this article, I would like to explain the standard procedure of doing a
service. As the first, let me show you the two common procedures of having funerals
among the members of Jodo Mission of Hawaii.
Note: Above two service procedures are purely for informational purpose. We shall honor your family customs and
decisions to arrange a funeral service.
**Editor’s note: This article is a reprint from our August 2011 issue. Because this article contains information you will need to
know some day, we will be reprinting it from time to time as space permits.
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5. A n n o u n c e m e n t s
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May 8th Is Mother’s Day
(Haha No Hi)
Mother’s Day is celebrated as an expression
of love and appreciation to mothers. Please
come to our Mother’s Day Service on May 8
at 10:00 a.m.
Children’s Day (May 5)
In Japan, since 1948, May 5 has
been a national holiday known
as “Children’s Day” or
“Kodomo no hi”. This national
holiday in Japan was decreed to
celebrate the happiness, health
and growth of all children.
Most notable are carp
shaped streamers. The
carp was chosen because
it symbolizes strength
and success and accord-
ing to Chinese legend, a
carp swam upstream to
become a dragon.Children’s Day
around the world.
Malama Concert for Mother’s Day
As part of our Mother’s Day celebration, Jodo Mission of Hawaii
will have a concert with piano and bassoon performed by guest bassoon
player Marsha Schweizer, a former member of the Honolulu Symphony
Orchestra, and piano by Rev. Kanjun Nakano. Photo on left shows
Marsha holding a bassoon.
Their program will consist of Bach, Vivaldi and others. The concert
will begin at 10:40 a.m. after our 10:00 a.m. Sunday Nenbutsu service.
This is a rare opportunity for us to hear such beautiful music.
Please come and enjoy the music.
Flowers Needed for Lei Making on
Friday, May 27
Please bring Plumeria or other small flowers
for leis to Jodo Mission on Thursday, May 26,
2016. Any amount of flowers will be greatly ap-
preciated. Little bit here and little bit there
adds up.
Everyone is invited to join us on May 27,
2016 beginning at 9 am for our Memorial Day lei
making project, sponsored by the
Honolulu Meisho Senior YBA.
Please come and help us sew leis for
our veterans at Punchbowl Cemetery.
Lunch will be provided. Thank you!
75th Aloha State Meisho YBA
Convention
June 10-12, 2016 is when the
Aloha State Meisho YBA Conven-
tion will be held on Maui. The
theme this year is “Embraced by Bud-
dha”.
Anyone interested, please contact
jocelyn tengan@yahoo.com or call/
text her at 1-808-281-9155.
6. O b i t u a r i e s
The Jodo Mission of Hawaii extends its sincere
condolences to the family members and loved
ones of the following members who have recently
left this world for the Pure Land.
Florence Chiyoko Tanaka 97
Kenneth Kazuo Miyoshi 85
Kay Kiyoko Kimura 88
Rev. Alan Sukeharu Masaki 91
Jodo Mission Office Hours:
Monday to Saturday
8am—5pm
Sunday & Holidays
8am—3pm
Phone: 949-3995
Website: www.jodo.us
Rev. Yubun Narashiba
Head Minister
Rev. Kanjun Nakano
Resident Minister
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What is “Perpetual Memorial
Service?” (Eitaikyo)
This record of a perpetual memorial service
and is called Eitaikyo in Japanese. When the
date of death occurs for a person listed on this
record, the ministers pray for that individual dur-
ing the morning service. The prayers will contin-
ue each year for as long as Jodo Mission ex-
ists.
Anyone can be included in it. You may put
your own name on the list, too. This also helps
when it is difficult to have memorial services.
We also welcome you to attend the morning
service at 9:30am.
How to apply
Stop by the office, and fill out the application
form. Each name costs $200. After the applica-
tion is accepted, the name will be listed on the
record.
Bishop Gensho Hara
Lahaina, Maui
Hawaii Buddhist Council’s
Memorial Day Service
Everyone is cordially invited to the
Memorial Day Service, sponsored by the
Hawaii Buddhist Council:
When: Monday, May 23
at 9:00 a.m.
Where: Punchbowl Cemetery
Hawaii Buddhist Council is made up of seven (7) Bud-
dhist denominations: Higashi Hongwanji Mission of Ha-
waii, Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii, Jodo Mission of
Hawaii, Koyasan Shingon Mission of Hawaii, Nichiren Mis-
sion of Hawaii, Soto Mission of Hawaii and Tendai Mission
of Hawaii.
Special Needs: For those who do not
want to climb many stairs, see below:
Elevator: Please note that we do have
an elevator which is located on the seaside of
the Temple. Please ring the bell at the back
door of the Temple for assistance.
Service in Ikoi Hall: If
you would like to have your
service on the first floor,
you may do so by request-
ing the service be held in
Ikoi Hall instead of walking
up the stairs.
7. 1 Tome Iwamoto
Tome Toishigawa
Ochiai Family
2 Bishop Buntetsu Miyamoto
Etsuo Nakagawa
3 Mitsuyo Nakahara
The Fukunaga Family
Mitsuko Sakai
Carol Masako Yano
4 Eikichi Hirouji
The Miyamasu Family
Tamotsu Takaoka
Toshio Yoshioka
James Mitsuyoshi Uesugi
5 Sadaichi Mito
The Mito Family
Michie Makino(2)
The Makino & Okamura Family
Morita Kokubun
6 Tokusaburo Fukuda (2)
The Fukuda Family (2)
Tora Kanayama (2)
The Kanayama Family
Hitoshi Nitta
Kamato Uyehara
Tamayo Matsumori
Laurie T. Cho
Kazuo Karimoto
Kuma Tatei
Masaru Morimoto
7 Minetaro Katagiri
The Katagiri & Imamiya Family
Tsuyako Kishii
Kiyoshi Hirano
Satoru Miura
8 Toshiko Kusunoki
Tami Kawasaki
The Kusunoki Family
Tsuru Kitamura
The Kawasaki & Nakagawa Family
Yasuo Kagihara
The Kitamura Family
Seki Tamura
10 Sada Kurihara
The Kurihara Family
The Ajimura Family
The Ito Family (Stillborn)
Shinichi Takenouchi
11 Masataka Fukuda
The Fukuda Family
Shuzo Mitsutani
The Mitsutani Family
Ayataro Nanbu
The Nanbu Family
Kimiko Fujii
Kikuyo Hayashi
Kinuyo Matsui
Matsuichi Onaga
12 Konosuke Tsuda
The Tsuda Family
Kimie Takaoka
Mieko Takara
Yasu Oki
Kenji Otani
Kikuye Okamura
13 Konzo Nakai
The Nakai Family
Hikoichi Hirai
The Hirai Family
Moushi Uehara
Teruo Sawamura
Fumiko Yogi
Kenichi Hayashi
Teruo Sawamura
The Sawamura Family
Betty Oshita
Katsutoshi Kano
Akino Tamura
14 Kiku Miyashige
The Goto Family
The Miyashige Family
Fui Yamato
The Yamato Family
Toshio Karamatsu
Kiku Matsumoto
Kura Harada
Shinichi Yanagihara
Mitsuko Takemoto
16 Kamekichi Hayashi
The Hayashi Family
Kozo Okamoto
Peggy Miyako Ogi
17 Hiromu Hayashi
Wallace Kazuyo Sakai
Helen Miyoko Fujikami Tamashiro
Hanako Thelma Ogawa
18 Hatsuyo Yamamoto
The Yamamoto Family
Tadami Uemoto
Chizuko Koto
Haru Shimizu
The Kawabe Family
The Mitsujiro Kurashige Family
Kiyoshi Narahara
19 Kamechiyo Uyehara
Fumio Fujiwara
Kayoko Miyamoto
Toshiko Yamanaka
20 Sukeo Matsuno
The Matsuno Family
Hatsue Tsuda
The Tsuda Family
Kamei Akamine
Haruyo Iwamoto
Koan Takara
Benzo Takahashi
21 Fuji Yamamoto
The Yamamoto Family
Shigeko Fujikami
The Fujikami Family
22 Tsunekichi Tamanaha
The Tamanaha Family
Masuo Tomita
Haruo Nakagawa
Howard Seishi Kobayashi
23 Hichizo Nishimura (2)
The Nishimura & Aoki Family
Harukichi Hirohama
The Hirohama Family
Ishi Onaga
The Onaga & Nakamura Family
Tomoko Hayashi
Kenzo Hashimoto
24 Zensuke Yokomichi
The Yokomichi & Kondo Family
Kaizo Goto (2)
The Goto & Miyashige Family
Kichizo Yamamoto
The Yamamoto Family
Takeji Ogata
Kiseno Nakano(2)
Satsuki Nakano
Kamazo Teruya
Natsu Muramoto
25 Keiichi Mineishi
The Mineishi Family
Kazuo Shidaki
The Shidaki Family
Yoshio Nishimura
Shinsuke Uchiumi
Minoru Yamane
Yonosuke Ikuta
The Takasawa Family
Jiroichi Otani
26 Senkichi Fukuda
The Fukuda Family
Fukuji Muranaka
Rikio Kunihisa
Mitsuki Kimoto
Toshiko Higa
27 Kichi Hisamura
Torakichi Miyao
Takashi Saiki
Gladys Tomi Uemoto
28 Iro Yamane
Misao Yasuda
Shuso Gushikuma
Shurei Gushikuma
Kamaru Gushikuma
Kama Gushikuma
29 Mayo Yamamoto
The Yamamoto & Suzukawa Family
Yazaburo Shoji
The Shoji Family
Joji Sakaguchi
Tomiko Yamanaka
Haruo Kito
The Kito Family
Hatsuko Toishigawa
Sumie Ito
30 Tamezo Yanagihara
The Yanagihara Family
Heikichi Ichida
The Ichida Family
Setsu Yamamoto
Mackay Umeichi Yanagisawa
Tsunejiro Iwamoto
Yoshiko Moritsugu
31 Hideo Kuniyuki
Ichiro Obara
Tahei Harada
EITAIKYO (Perpetual Memorial Service) for May
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